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Balloon Widening Of A Blocked Thigh Or Knee Artery

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 37224

Reopens a narrowed femoral or popliteal artery, the main vessels running down the thigh and behind the knee, by threading a balloon catheter to the narrowing and inflating it to press the blockage outward against the vessel wall. No mesh stent is left behind. It treats cramping leg pain on walking, pain at rest, or wounds that will not heal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of A Blocked Thigh Or Knee Artery cost?

$6,026

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,754 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,754$1,318 to $8,913
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,898 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $16,596Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,749
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,457professional $5,754

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,748.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,791.08
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 51.3 times more in Tennessee than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 15th of 44

$6,026

TN $19,953HI $389

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.